The Problem of the Relationship between Predestination and Freedom of Choice in the Historical and Philosophical Context

Background. The subject of the research in this article is one of the most fundamental worldview problems - the question of the relationship between free will and predestination in the religious and philosophical context. As a result of a scrupulous analysis of both the sources and the state of modern scientific knowledge, the authors established the insolubility of this problem within the framework of being, which has three reasons: rigid determinism excludes freedom; foresight without predestination leads to the absurdity of the innumerability of alternative worlds; conditional freedom as a conscious necessity leads to the collapse of providence through the wrong choices of "unconscious" refusers of necessity.

Research methods. The authors rely on the method of analogies, using systemic and interdisciplinary approaches, conceptual and phenomenological analysis, as well as the use of natural philosophical approaches based on modern discoveries of natural science, intuitive analysis of the Incomprehensible.

Results. The authors come to the conclusion that the concept of hard determinism as applied to the observable universe is preferable in comparison with all other philosophical concepts of the relationship between freedom and predetermination within the framework of the existence of the world. At the same time, the authors offer their own concept of the implementation of Man's free will under conditions of complete predetermination through the change of Providence by God, who is forced to "process theism" in himself and in the world at the request of his "born-from-above" children for those who are dear to them in the existence of the world. Conclusions: The children of God born from above, being in the Super-existence of God, themselves command the Father, who changes Providence at their request: "your will be done"; in the world of existence, God is present and acts only in the minds of those who believe in Him and nowhere else and in no way - this is how the aporia of transcendence is resolved. By changing Providence, God changes himself and improves in his perfection, learning the best in Man.

Conclusion. In the proposed concept, God, the world and man create a dynamic system of mutual influence, in which freedom and predestination coexist, finding their place in the general ontological structure.